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Abstract
Schizophrenia is a chronic mental health illness characterized by the distortion of thinking, perception, and the sense of self. It is particularly associated with stigma, especially internalized stigma that is regarded as a barrier to recovery from schizophrenia and has been associated with diminished self-esteem, hopelessness, and defeatist performance beliefs that have been associated with symptoms and poor functioning in schizophrenia. People with schizophrenia have markedly lower resilience. Resilience is an important factor contributing to successful reintegration into society after recovery in people with schizophrenia. Also, there is evidence that people with a high level of resilience may prevent the development of an illness or minimize the severity of illness. Aim of this study: assess resilience, defeatist performance beliefs, internalized stigma and social function among schizophrenic patients. Method: A descriptive research design was used to carry out the research on 200 patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorders who attend out-patient clinics and in-patient psychiatric department at Mansoura University Hospitals throughout six months. Results: Results revealed that 66.5% of the studied patients experienced low levels of resilience, 41.5% had high defeatist performance beliefs, 20% of the patients had moderate/severe internalized stigma and 78% had low social function. Resilience was significantly negatively correlated with both internalized stigma and defeatist performance beliefs, and significantly positively correlated with social function. In addition, a significant negative correlation between internalized stigma and social function was detected; also there was a highly significant positive correlation between internalized stigma and defeatist performance beliefs. Conclusion: The less resilience patients′ have, the more defeatist performance beliefs, high internalized stigma and the less their social functioning is. These data provide evidence that future intervention for resilience improvement may help to promote social function and may be effective in reducing internalized stigma and defeatist performance beliefs.